IC 3143
IC 3143
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
325 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 325 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3143 as it looked roughly 325 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 3203Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 3336Spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 3154Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartIC 3206Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3230Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3176Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3336Spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 3154Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartIC 3206Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3230Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3176Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).